Make Your Big Day More Eco-friendly
Bringing your reusable bags to groceries, taking public transportation to work, and buying organic and in-seasonal foods are all great ways to be sustainable. But on your big day, you may also consider reducing your carbon footprint. According to The Green Bride Guide, written by Kate Harrison, the national average wedding generates about 400 pounds of waste and 63 tons of carbon dioxide. This amount of carbon dioxide emission is equivalent to the amount emitted from consuming over 7000 gallons of gasoline, according to the greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator by the US EPA.
Making decisions is challenging, especially since it is your big day. With Zero Waste Boxes, you don’t necessarily need to choose between holding your dream wedding and a sustainable event.
Here are some tips for an eco-friendly wedding to set off your planning:
1 - Use biodegradable plastic utensils.
This practice to be effective requires proper discard and high-temperature industrial composting facilities to successfully break down the bioplastic materials. Otherwise, methane emission is not preventable when bioplastics enter landfills. Read more on the Truth About Bioplastic. Thus, stationing a Zero Waste Box for Biodegradable Plastic at the event can ensure the bioplastic utensils find their ways to realize their unharmful biodegradability.
2 - Purchase wines and champaigns with natural corks.
Wines and champagnes are necessary to cheer up the vibe. Anyhow, corks thrown away and ended up in landfills are exceptional natural resources that are vulnerable to producing packaging materials or building insulation. Therefore, recycling corks can increase the circular economy resource efficiency. It may not be a surprise that finding a local program to collect corks is hard due to the complexity of the materials. Check out this article to understand different types of corks and the science behind them. A Zero Waste Box for corks can make the process easier. We accept both natural beverage corks and synthetic beverage corks in one box. Once you ship the box back, we will take care of the rest - from cleaning to recycling.
3 - Choose used wedding decor.
Another big waste from a wedding event is decorations. Decorating your wedding with used decor not only brings up a vintage vibe and saves money but also extends the lifetime of the items. But single-use decor like signs, banners, and balloons are usually made out of materials that are hard to naturally degrade in the environment. Using balloons as an example, it will take up to four years for latex balloons to biodegrade. More importantly, wildlife - birds and marine life - may easily take those pieces as food that they cannot digest and even kill them. Putting all those in a Zero Waste Box for Party Decoration will help prevent this tragedy from happening!
Bring Zero Waste Boxes to your grand event and let TerraCycle be your best partner for your sustainability journey. Check out more TerraCycle Zero Waste Programs to see what you can recycle and how.
